The Master and His Emissary – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Master and His Emissary offers a pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left hemispheres and their effects on society,…
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Women Artists Together by Amy Tobin – 50 Years in 50 books
Women Artists Together is a thought-provoking study of how the women’s liberation movement galvanised a generation of women artists. It offers a fresh perspective on…
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes draws on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, to create an intellectual history of…
A Little History of Art – 50 Years in 50 Books
A Little History of Art is a thrilling journey through centuries of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in…
The Persians by Homa Katouzian – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Persians is an authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, first published in 2009. Homa Katouzian integrates the significant cultural and literary history of…
The Pevsner Architectural Guides Series – 50 Years in 50 Books
he Pevsner team reflects on the history of this iconic series, and considers its importance in the field of architecture, over 70 years since the series was born.
The Long, Long Life of Trees by Fiona Stafford – 50 Years in 50 Books
Published for the first time in 2016, The Long, Long Life of Trees explores the intimate way Trees have become entwined with human experience….
The Bloomsbury Look by Wendy Hitchmough – 50 Years in 50 Books
Drawing on unpublished photographs and extensive new research, The Bloomsbury Look is the first in-depth analysis of how the Bloomsbury Group generated and broadcast its self-fashioned…
Survivors by Rebecca Clifford – 50 Years in 50 Books
Survivors follows the lives of one hundred Jewish children who survived the Holocaust through their adulthood and into old age. First published in 2020,…
The Story of the Country House by Clive Aslet – 50 Years in 50 Books
Clive Aslet reflects on his years spent working as editor for Country Life Magazine, encountering changes in public attitude towards the complex history of the country house and the fresh perspective he wanted his book to provide.
A Little History of Poetry by John Carey – 50 Years in 50 Books
A Little History of Poetry is part of Yale’s ‘Little Histories‘ series. John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the…
The Witch by Ronald Hutton – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Witch was first published in 2017 and delves deeply into the context, beliefs, and origins of witchcraft in Europe’s history. In his book,…
Dirty Old London by Lee Jackson – 50 Years in 50 Books
Dirty Old London was published in 2014. Lee Jackson’s book tells us how Victorian reformers struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and…
Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson – 50 years in 50 books
Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson is due to be published on 12 September 2023. Hilary Davidson – an expert on Regency fashion –…
Armada by Geoffrey Parker – 50 Years in 50 Books
In December 2022, Yale University Press published Geoffrey Parker’s latest book: Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588, which he co-authored with…